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Jomonna Smith, a 30-year-old woman, held her last job in 2008 as a store cashier. She is a single mother of three children, making ends meet with government assistance, styling […]

WASHINGTON — A strange-bedfellows U.S. House coalition on Thursday brought down the massive farm bill, which would have cut $20.5 billion from the food stamp program — too much for […]

Clairton is separated from the Giant Eagle in Elizabeth by the Monongahela River. The nearest source of groceries to Manchester is 1.4 miles uphill. From the center of Millvale, the […]

The problem of low-income neighborhoods without full-service grocery stores can’t be addressed with a one-size-fits-all solution, says the leader of a South Side-based nonprofit. What works in Clairton might not […]

Starting Monday, four Post-Gazette staffers will eat on $6 a day each as part of the SNAP Challenge. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, colloquially known as food stamps (though there […]

What is as satisfying as a real flour tortilla, handed to you hot and fragrant — speckled with gold, with a bite both crisp and tender, and with a whisper […]

At least two of Pittsburgh’s Citiparks farmers’ markets — the East Liberty and North Side locations — will accept food stamps this season. “It’s a win-win for poor people, affluent […]

HARRISBURG — Does a pilot program give county officials needed flexibility in how they spend dwindling human services dollars? Or does it pit the state’s most vulnerable populations — the […]

Here in Pittsburgh, the Citiparks Farmers Markets, with the help of the Just Harvest Organization,  are testing out a way to allow customers to pay with their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance […]

Farmers markets are opening all over the region with fresh, wholesome and affordable produce, and there are efforts to make sure everyone is able to share in the bounty. Ken […]